November 28, 1927 [Ramsey, Minnesota] – April, 2015 [Los Angeles]
Weisburd was, in addition to his poetry, known as an innovator in air pollution control. He earned his M.A. in English at UCLA in 1950 and went on to study with Thomas McGrathat Los Angeles State College. He and Gene Frumkin — both members of the “Marsh Street Irregulars,” a group that met regularly at the home of poet Thomas McGrath — co-founded in 1955 the journal Coastlines. In the 1970s, Weisburd founded and served as president of Pacific Environmental Services, Inc., an environmental engineering firm.
